Ohio’s top 1 percent of earners make 21
times more than the other 99 percent of earners in Ohio, according to a
study released by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think
tank based in Washington, D.C.

The region’s hunger problem isn’t
relegated to a few isolated pockets. More than 133,000 families receive
food assistance in Hamilton County, according to the Ohio Children’s
Hunger Alliance, a statewide group.